{"id":357,"date":"2024-03-16T20:16:27","date_gmt":"2024-03-16T20:16:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebonythrives.com\/?p=357"},"modified":"2024-03-16T20:16:27","modified_gmt":"2024-03-16T20:16:27","slug":"horace-king","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebonypairing.com\/test\/2024\/03\/16\/horace-king\/","title":{"rendered":"Horace King"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-6bd10f46b42bc367accb7913adb99bed\"><strong>Horace King<\/strong>&nbsp;(sometimes&nbsp;<strong>Horace Godwin<\/strong>) (September 8, 1807 \u2013 May 28, 1885) was an African-American architect, engineer, and bridge builder.<sup><a href=\"https:\/\/en.m.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Horace_King_(architect)#cite_note-1\">[1]<\/a><\/sup>&nbsp;King is considered the most respected bridge builder of the 19th century&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.m.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Deep_South\">Deep South<\/a>, constructing dozens of bridges in&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.m.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Alabama\">Alabama<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.m.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Georgia_(US_state)\">Georgia<\/a>, and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.m.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mississippi\">Mississippi<\/a>.<sup><a href=\"https:\/\/en.m.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Horace_King_(architect)#cite_note-nge-2\">[2]<\/a><\/sup>&nbsp;King was born into slavery on a South Carolina plantation in 1807. A slave trader sold him to a man who saw something special in Horace King. His owner, John Godwin, taught King to read and write as well as how to build at a time when it was illegal to teach slaves. King worked hard and despite bondage, racial prejudice and a multitude of obstacles, King focused his life on working hard and being a genuinely good man. King built bridges, warehouses, homes, and churches. Horace King became a highly accomplished Master Builder and he emerged from the Civil War as a legislator in the State of Alabama. Affectionately known as Horace \u201cThe Bridge Builder\u201d King and the &#8220;Prince of Bridge Builders,&#8221; he also served his community in many important civic capacities.&#8221;<sup><a href=\"https:\/\/en.m.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Horace_King_(architect)#cite_note-3\">[3]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-31ef8a46bf82daa30dab4b6adf99fd54\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>excerpted from  https:\/\/en.m.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Horace_King_(architect)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Horace King&nbsp;(sometimes&nbsp;Horace Godwin) (September 8, 1807 \u2013 May 28, 1885) was an African-American architect, engineer, and bridge builder.[1]&nbsp;King is considered the most respected bridge builder<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":358,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[13],"class_list":["post-357","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-science-technology-medicine","tag-builders"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebonypairing.com\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/357","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebonypairing.com\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebonypairing.com\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebonypairing.com\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebonypairing.com\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=357"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ebonypairing.com\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/357\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebonypairing.com\/test\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebonypairing.com\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=357"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebonypairing.com\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=357"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebonypairing.com\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=357"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}